Meaning

35 senses

  1. An act or instance of slipping.

    I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.

    Ausrutschen, Ausrutscher

    скольже́ниеskolʹžénije

    the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)

  2. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.

    Unterkleid, Unterrock

    комбина́цияkombinácija, комбина́шкаkombináška

  3. A slipdress.

  4. A mistake or error.

    a slip of the tongue

    Ausrutscher, Patzer, chnitzer

    оши́бкаošíbka, обмо́лвкаobmólvka

    помилкаpomylka

  5. A berth; a space for a ship to moor.

  6. A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.

    Schlupf

  7. A slipway.

  8. A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.

    Rückfall

  9. Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)

    He took a screamer at slip.

  10. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.

  11. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.

  12. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.

    He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.

    an unexpected slide

Examples

550 sentences

  1. Don't let this chance slip by.

    Не змарнуй цієї можливості.

    ruНе упусти этот шанс.

    deLass dir diese Gelegenheit nicht entgehen.

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  2. Be careful not to slip.

    Обережно, не послизнись.

    ruСмотри не поскользнись.

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  3. His name has slipped my mind.

    Я забув його ім'я.

    ruЕго имя вылетело у меня из головы.

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  4. Tom slipped and hit his head.

    Том послизнувся й вдарився головою.

    ruТом поскользнулся и ударился головой.

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  5. Tom slipped and fell in the shower.

    Том підслизнувся та упав у душі.

    ruТом подскользнулся и упал в душе.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
error:
Русский
By meaning 4
act of slipping:
women’s undergarment:
error:
small piece of paper:
Deutsch
By meaning 8
act of slipping:
women’s undergarment:
error:
nautical: difference between theoretical and actual advance of a vessel:
medicine: return to previous behaviour:
twig or shoot:
small piece of paper:
ceramics: thin, slippery mix of clay and water:

Origin

From Middle English slippen, probably from Middle Low German slippen, from Old Saxon *slip

From Middle English slippen, probably from Middle Low German slippen, from Old Saxon *slippian, from Proto-West Germanic *slippjan, from Proto-Germanic *slipjaną (“to glide”), an iterative form of *slīpaną (“to slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to slide”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), or related to Proto-Germanic *slībaną (“to split”); related to Old English slipor (“slippery”).

Probably from Middle Dutch slippe or Middle Low German slippe, probably ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *slīban (“to split”).

From Middle English slyp, slep, slyppe, from Old English slyp, slyppe, slipa (“a viscous, slimy substance”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), possibly connected with Proto-Indo-European *slewb-, *slewbʰ- (“slip, slide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak, crawl”); or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *slippijaną (“to glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyb- (“slimy; to glide”).

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Forms

plural: slips
Singularslip
Pluralslips

regular

Synonyms

29 synonyms
a mistake:errorA2faultA2lapseC1mistakeA2stumbleB1blooperblunderboo-boodefectfaux pasfluffgaffethinko
Close in meaning
  • the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning):elusioneluding
  • a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.:slip-upmiscueparapraxis
  • a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air:sideslip
  • a small sheet of paper:slip of paper
  • an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall:trip
  • an unexpected slide:skidsideslip

Word family

111 related words
Relatedslippy
Derivedafterslipantislipatslipbank slipblue slipbrick slipbuck slipcoverslipfly slipforslipgreen slipgymsliphalf slipincontinence sliplandslipleg sliplet sliplimited-slip differentialline sliplong-slipmicroslipmouse slipnip slipnonslip

Collocations

5 patterns
  • slipped and fell
  • slipped on the
  • slipped my mind
  • slipped out of
  • slip away

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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